Quincy Driver Charged With Pulling Stun Gun, Knife In Road Rage Incident
QUINCY (CBS) - A Quincy man says "there was no need for it" when he was followed home in an apparent case of road rage with a driver at his bumper. Ron Kehoe says he took a left turn out of the parking lot of a ball field with his two sons in the backseat when he saw the car behind him.
"I saw him and chose to go," Kehoe says. "He didn't like it I guess." He says when he got to his home he jumped out of his car to confront the driver, John Carter, and try to calm him down. That's when he says he saw an unopened knife in Carter's hand.
"I said to him you're getting your heart rate up for nothing. He was walking away and I must have offended him because that's when he came back," said Kehoe.
This time he says Carter was carrying an electric stun gun and activated it. "He made do it a little zap. He didn't bring it at me, he held it up and let me know he had it. It was definitely threatening and I jumped back."
Carter was arraigned on a charge of assault by means of a dangerous weapon, his attorney telling a different story. "He was cut off and followed the car to get the license plate. Only when the other gentleman got out of the vehicle first did he feel the need to protect himself," said attorney Paul Stanton.
Kehoe says the incident left him so shaken that when Carter finally left he followed him at a distance and called police, leading them to Carter's Quincy home. There, police say, he admitted to having the pocket knife and a stun gun in his car.
Kehoe says he was concerned the anger might not end there. "Who knows if he did it once it could be worse next time." Carter was released on $500 bail.